Bridge too far for Club
Date published: 18 September 2008
BRIDGE started their Ashton Sunday League premier division season in style with six of the best.
With goals from Neil Walsh (two), Mike King, Mick Fleming, Lee Cumpsty and Pete Kessell, they brushed aside Moston Labour Club 6-1.
In division one, Wellington and Home Guard shared the spoils in a 2-2 draw while Manor, inspired by Keith Melvin’s hat-trick, recorded a 4-3 win at Anglers.
Rob Brierley also bagged a treble as Falconers overcame Springbank 3-1 in an all-Ashton Sunday League tie in the Manchester County FA Sunday Cup.
Results and scorers are —
Premier division: Halfway House 5 (Rocky Siddall 2, John Parkinson, Gary Brooks and Gary Chadderton), Warwick United 1; Moston Labour Club 1 (K McNuff), Bridge 6 (Neil Walsh 2, Mike King, Mick Fleming, Lee Cumpsty and Pete Kessell).
Division one: Home Guard 2 (A Wolfe, D Beak), Wellington 2; Anglers 3, Manor 4 (K Melvin 3, L Slater).
Manchester County FA Sunday Cup: Falconers 3 (R Brierley 3), Springbank 1 (M Pennington); Radcliffe Arms 5, Britannia 0; East Levenshulme 3, Charlestown 2 (C Lomas, D Wesley).
